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 Agape Dance Academy becomes a non-profitScotts Valley, CA. Agape Dance Academy is announces that they have received approval as a non-profit as recognized by the IRS. This is exciting news as Agape Dance fundraising resources will help fund good works in the community, create stunning performances including beautiful costumes, guest artists, technical support and more. Our dedicated dancers get to enjoy a professional dance experience locally while bringing beautiful art to our community.Recent graduate, Zac Egner, has been invited to stay full time at Rock School this year on a full tuition scholarship!For more information, contact Melanie Useldigner at 359-0850 agapedance7@gmail.comState Health Officer reminds parents to vaccinate their kidsCalifornia Department of Public Health Director and State Health Officer Dr. Karen Smith reminds parents to make sure that their children are up-to-date on required vaccinations before the school year begins.“Parents should put vaccinations on their back-to-school checklists,” Dr. Smith said. “Vaccinations are the best way to ensure that students are protected and to stop the spread of measles and other serious diseases.”Children are required to have received certain vaccinations in order to attend school or child care in California. Dr. Smith urges parents to make an appointment now with their health care provider to help protect themselves and their families.Cost should not be a barrier for childhood vaccinations. If health insurance does not cover the recommended vaccinations, children may qualify for free vaccines under the national Vaccines for Children Program. Talk to your doctor or local health department for more information.On June 30, 2015, Governor Brown signed into law Senate Bill 277, which does not change procedures for the fall of 2015. Under this new law only medical exemptions to required immunization will be allowed for students entering school after January 1, 2016.To learn more about the law and the immunizations required for child care and schools, visit shotsforschool.orgNotice of Meeting to Adopt Final Budget for Fiscal Year 2015/2016 by the Felton Fire Protection DistrictNotice is hereby given that on Monday, the 14th of September, 2015, 7 p.m. at 131 Kirby Street, Felton, and the Board of Directors of the Felton Fire Protection District will meet for the purpose of adopting the Final Budget for Fiscal Year 2015/2016 of said District.Notice is further given that the preliminary budget of said District has been adopted and is available between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. at 131 Kirby Street, Felton, for review by interested persons.Notice is further given that at the time and place above designated for the meeting to adopt the Final Budget for Fiscal Year 2015/2016, any person may appear and be heard regarding the Final Budget for Fiscal Year 2015/2016.BOARD OF DIRECTORSFelton Fire Protection District335-4422 Comcast offers new levels of service in the Santa Cruz MountainsNew programming and Internet offerings will be available to residential homes and businesses which are Comcast customers in the following areas: Aptos, Ben Lomond, Boulder Creek, Bonny Doon, Brookdale, Davenport, Felton, La Selva Beach, Lompico, southern Los Gatos, Mount Herman, Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley, Seascape, and Soquel. Residential customers in these areas can simply re-start their modems to immediately start enjoying the faster speeds."Santa Cruz is one our most exciting and diverse communities and we're thrilled to make a substantial investment there that demonstrates our ongoing commitment to bring customers more choices for their media and technology needs," said Elaine Barden, Regional Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Comcast California.  "We continue to innovate and increase Internet speeds as customer demands evolve, and we will continue to offer a wide range of communications options and TV networks to fit the diversity of our customers."In that spirit of continuous innovation, Comcast is increasing the speeds of two of its Xfinity Internet tiers at no additional cost to customers in the Santa Cruz area. The Performance tier speeds will jump from 16 Megabits per Second (Mbps) download speed and 2 Mbps upload speed (16/2), to 75 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload (75/5).  The Blast tier speeds will also significantly increase, leaping from 25/4 to 150/10.Comcast also announced that it is launching four new tiers of Internet service for commercial business customers.  In addition to the previously offered Starter (16/3) and Deluxe 50 (50/10) tiers, Comcast Business will now offer Deluxe 25/10, Deluxe 75/15, Deluxe 100/20, and Deluxe 150/20 speed packages to small and medium businesses in the area."By tripling the speeds and the number of Internet tier options for local Santa Cruz businesses, we're providing an even more robust suite of services that allows organizations of all sizes to match their communications needs," said Ted Girdner, regional vice president of Comcast Business. "Our continued commitment to bring businesses more choices for high-capacity network connectivity helps them lay the foundation for economic development and business growth."

Amanda Danielle Gibney

The Zayante Fire Protection District hopes to stabilize funding and increase its on-site staff through the passage of Measure O, a new parcel tax for the property owners in the mountain district.